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Secret Kent Episodes

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    Radical relationships at Sissinghurst

    How did the world renowned garden play a part in LGBTQ+ milestones?

  2. Present and future protect the past

    An historic estate is using modern techniques to honour its past.

  3. Our fine four fendered friend

    The story of how a series of tragedies led to one of our most treasured family films.

  4. On the trail of William Garrow

    Exploring the life and mysterious wife of the ground breaking legal eagle.

  5. Murder in Seal Chart

    It's 1908 and there's a murder, poison pen letters and suicide.

  6. Meet Big Ben's Little Brother

    Hidden in a church in Cranbrook lies a little treasure that needs daily handling.

  7. Medway's High Street History

    Exploring one road's past.

  8. Medway's Heroine of Dunkirk

    The paddle steamer that saved thousands of lives.

  9. Margate's Classical Creation

    How a classical favourite soared from the county's coast.

  10. Maidstone's mother's ruin

    The story of how the county town was world famous for its gin.

  11. Maidstone's little known TV star

    There's a building in the county town that played a key role in television history.

  12. Maidstone's forgotten zoo

    There was once a menagerie of exotic animals just outside the county town.

  13. Leather on willow and concrete

    Steve Ladner takes a wander around the home of Kent Cricket.

  14. Kent's firefighting secret

    Tucked away behind a garden centre is a history of fighting fires in the county.

  15. Is that a TARDIS in your garden?

    How one Dr Who fan from Ashford took his passion to the extreme.

  16. Inside the smallest pub in Kent

    This tiny alehouse dates back to the 1100's.

  17. Hythe's Tale From The Crypt

    Why are so many human remains stored in one place?

  18. How do you pickle an Admiral?

    What happened after Trafalgar?

  19. Hop Pickers Tragedy at Hartlake

    How disaster unfolded in the River Medway near Hadlow.

  20. History, deer and the Fab Four all in one place

    We sneak inside Knole Park in Sevenoaks.

  21. Have You Got The Time?

    How did Victorian mariners tell the time off the Kent Coast?

  22. Hadlow's towering heart

    It dominates the landscape but is it a castle, a church or just a folly?

  23. Gravesham's Cold War Secret

    The dark secrets lying beneath a Gravesend Park.

  24. From Founding Father to a Pauper's Grave

    The sad story of the man who created a global sporting giant.

  25. From Chatham to The White House

    Chatham's historic dockyard is where Steve Ladner sought out the tale of a famous desk.

  26. From Charing With Love

    Exploring Ian Fleming and 007's connections with the county.

  27. Four Hauntings and a Phoney Funeral

    Exploring the spooky tales of Scotney Castle.

  28. Folkestone's Lost Pier

    The short life of a Victorian seaside experience.

  29. Faversham's Russian Princess

    Discover how the surviving Romanov's fled revolution and ended up in Kent.

  30. Eyes On The Coast

    Meeting the volunteers keeping watch on our coast.

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